Originally Posted by RFremont

Dude I don't know you, sometimes you spew some semi-coherent stuff so I will take the time to explain again what the majority of the US believe.

1. The national anthem is not a christian pledge. It's a tribute and honor to the country you live in.


2. When you have your football jersey on, you are at work. That means you have to follow the company rules and the NFL handbook to players clearly states you must stand for the national anthem. I cannot walk into my job with my shirt off and declare that I'm protesting, there will consequences.

3. If you want to protest against social injustice or whatever view, you do it on your own time. The national anthem to the country that has given you the opportunity to make millions of dollars playing sport is not the correct platform for that.

4. Majority of people don't understand the correlation between (perceived) police brutality and dishonoring the US flag. There are good and bad cops just like there are good and bad doctors, lawyers, plumbers, mechanics and so on. To dishonor the flag does not resonate with people as a protest against social injustice.

5. To the veteran, to the guy who wakes up every morning and goes to the steel factory or the mine or the car workshop or any other grueling 9-5 job, that then gives his hard earned money to watch these guys play football and earn millions of dollars, then to watch these same people dishonor the very country that offered them their charmed life... well you can understand why there is hate and boycott.

6. The most racist people in the US are the ones that inject the subject of race into every topic. The owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers penned a scathing letter to Lebron James when he left the franchise, calling him disloyal. That was racist. The owner of the Texans used a common saying about inmates running the prison, that was racist. Any type of legitimate criticism or unfavorable comment is attacked as 'racist'. The list goes on and on forever until it has reached this point: People realize this isn't about minorities and/or blacks wanting equal rights, this is about wanting special treatment.
And this is why people are fed up and this is why Trump was elected.


If you cannot at least say 'Well I can understand that' to one or any of these points then there isn't much else to say.